WWI Canadian Engineers Cap Badge CEF

WWI Canadian Engineers Cap Badge CEF - Pickled brass, unmarked, 40 mm x 51 mm, horizontal pinback, residue on the reverse from cleaning, extremely fine.Footnote: The Canadian Engineers were responsible for all defensive measures, including wiring, trenches, gun enplacements, offensive and defensive mining subways, roads, bridges, railways, medical accommodations, water supply and purification and numerous other vital tasks. All accommodation and storage huts were built by the engineers and they were also charged with maintaining sanitation standards.

WWI 103rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF - Pickled brass, unmarked, 46 mm x 48 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine.Footnote: The Battalion itself was raised and mobilized in Victoria, British Columbia under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 24, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel E.C.J. Henniker with a strength of 37 officers and 939 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 16th Reserve Battalion. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920.